The Sixtieth William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Abstract

The results of the Sixtieth William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, held December 4, 1999, follow. They have been determined in accordance with the regulations governing the competition, a contest supported by the William Lowell Putnam Prize Fund for the Promotion of Scholarship, a fund endowed by Mrs. Putnam in memory of her husband. The annual Competition is held under the auspices of the Mathematical Association of America. The first prize, $25,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. The members of the winning team were Sabin Cautis, Donny C. Cheung, and Derek I. E. Kisman; each was awarded a prize of $1000. The second prize, $20,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics at Harvard University. The members of the winning team were Michael L. Develin, Ciprian Manolescu, and Alexander H. Saltman; each was awarded a prize of $800. The third prize, $15,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics at Duke University. The members of the winning team were Kevin D. Lacker, Carl A. Miller, and Melanie E. Wood; each was awarded a prize of $600. The fourth prize, $10,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The members of the winning team were Chetan T. Balwe, Rishi Raj, and Dapeng Zhu; each was awarded a prize of $400. The fifth prize, $5,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics at the University of Chicago. The members of the winning team were Matthew T. Gealy, Christopher D. Malon, and Sergey Vasseliev; each was awarded a prize of $200. The six highest ranking individual contestants, in alphabetical order, were Sabin Cautis, University of Waterloo; Derek I. E. Kisman, University of Waterloo; Abhinav Kumar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Davesh Maulik, Harvard University; Christopher C. Mihelich, Harvard University; and Colin A. Percival, Simon Fraser University. The next eight highest ranking contestants, in alphabetical order, were: John J. Clyde, Duke University; Michael J. Colsher, Duke University; Joel K. Erickson, University of British Columbia; Lukasz Fidkowski, Harvard University; Aram W. Harrow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kevin D. Lacker, Duke University; Ivan G. Petrakiev, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Hoeteck Wee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The next ten highest ranking contestants, in alphabetical order, were: Jesse A. Goodman, University of British Columbia; Christopher M. Hirata, California Institute of Technology; Stefan L. Hornet, Princeton University; Joel Kamnitzer, University of Waterloo; Yoon-Ho Lee, Harvard University; Radu H. Mihaescu, Princeton University; Rishi Raj, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Kaiwen Xu, California Institute of Technology; Wai Ling Yee, University of Waterloo; and Dapeng Zhu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.